- landfall land·fall n
- ['lændˌfɔːl]
to make landfall — approdare, toccare terra
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landfall land·fall n
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land|fall — «LAND FL», noun. 1. a sighting of land. 2. the land sighted or reached: »When you arrive at Darwin, your landfall in Australia, you are given a form to complete... (James Morris). 3. an approach to land; landing: »our landfall on the moon … Useful english dictionary
land·fall — /ˈlændˌfɑːl/ noun, pl falls [count] : the land that is first seen or reached after a journey by sea or air From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall. They made landfall [=they reached land] on the fourth day of their journey … Useful english dictionary
Landfall — Land fall, n. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea. [1913 Webster] {A good landfall} (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator s … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
landfall — (n.) sighting of land, 1620s, also the first land made on a sea voyage; from LAND (Cf. land) (v.1) + FALL (Cf. fall) (v.) in the sense of happen. From the days of imprecise nautical navigation. Land fall. The first land discovered after a sea… … Etymology dictionary
Landfall (Martin Carthy album) — Landfall is an album by Martin Carthy.This is the first album that Carthy made after leaving Steeleye Span. The song Cold Haily Windy Night is a kind of looking over his shoulder at what he had done with the same song on Steeleye s album Please… … Wikipedia
landfall — /land fawl /, n. 1. an approach to or sighting of land: The ship will make its landfall at noon tomorrow. 2. the land sighted or reached. 3. a landslide. [1620 30; LAND + FALL] * * * … Universalium
landfall — land|fall [ lænd,fɔl ] noun singular or uncount the first time you see or arrive on land after a long trip in a ship or the place where you do this a. the time when a storm or HURRICANE arrives on land … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
landfall — land•fall [[t]ˈlændˌfɔl[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. an approach to or sighting of land 2) naut. navig. the land sighted or reached 3) a landslide • Etymology: 1620–30 … From formal English to slang
landfall — land|fall [ˈlændfo:l US fo:l] n 1.) a ↑landslide 2.) [U and C] literary the land that you see or arrive at after a long journey by sea or air, or the act of arriving there … Dictionary of contemporary English
A good landfall — Landfall Land fall, n. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea. [1913 Webster] {A good landfall} (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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